Continental Congress

What year did the “1st Continental Congress” meet?

• 1767

• 1783

• 1773

• 1774

What colony was NOT involved with “1st Continental Congress”?

• Florida

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Delaware

56 delegates met at Carpenters Hall to take actions against the British government. Where is Carpenters Hall located?i

• Phialdelphia

• New York City

• Charlotte

• Chicago

• Washington DC

In September 1774, _______ delegates gathered in Philadelphia. They had come to set up a political body that would represent Americans and challenge British control. The delegates called this body the Continental Congress.

• 100

• 56

• 13

• 50

The delegates at the First Continental Congress voted to ______ British trade.

• boycott

• increase the value of

• sell more

• all of the above

“The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American” Which delegate at the First Continental Congress made this statement.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Sam Adams

• Patrick Henry

• John Jay

Who was put in charge of the Continental Army? 

• Abraham Lincoln
• Alexander Hamilton
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

The __________ were colonists that supported independence from Britain.

• militia
• Loyalists
• Patriots
• minutemen

To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was

• an act of loyalty.
• an act of treason.
• an act of bravery.
• an act of insanity.

Which of the following battles had already taken place before the Second Continental Congress met?

• LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

• BUNKER HILL

• SARATOGA

• KING'S HILL